I Have Delivered Value... But At What Cost?
What it is
A short KRAZAM comedy sketch satirizing corporate tech life, where a worker reckons with having delivered value at the cost of his soul, complete with Slack chimes.
Why Hacker News recommends it
Praised as painfully accurate office satire, with the channel's sketches called genius.
- 2 people recommended it
- 2 different months
- 2 strong recommendations
- first 2021, last 2024
What HN commenters said
“The videos on that channel are so good that they're painful to watch”
Painfully accurate satire of office life.
Trasmatta, 2022-08 · Strong recommendation · in “Productivity porn”
“Microservices is probably their most popular video, but all their videos are genius.”
Favorite among a channel of genius sketches.
NAHWheatCracker, 2024-02 · Strong recommendation · in “Positive Affirmations for Site Reliability Engineers [video]”
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Topics: krazam, sketch, office culture, slack, satire
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